The Keeper

First published 2006

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Its bloody past, endless rain, and the decay of its downtown portend a hopeless future. With the death of its paper mill, Bedford’s unemployed residents soon find themselves with far too much time to dwell on thoughts of Susan Marley. Once the local beauty, she’s now the local whore. Silently prowling the muddy streets, she watches eerily from the shadows, waiting for... something. And haunting the sleep of everyone in town with monstrous visions of violence and horror.

Those who are able will leave Bedford before the darkness fully ascends. But those who are trapped here—from Susan Marley’s long-suffering mother and younger sister to her guilt-ridden, alcoholic ex-lover to the destitute and faithless with nowhere else to go—will soon know the fullest and most terrible meaning of nightmare.

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HARPERTORCH · 352 pages

Publisher
HARPERTORCH
Pages
352
ISBN
979-8-3372-0257-0 +5
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Publisher
HARPERTORCH
Pages
352
ISBNs
  • 979-8-3372-0257-0
  • 978-0-7553-3371-4
  • 978-0-7553-3369-1
  • 978-0-06-124459-9
  • 979-8-3372-0254-9
  • 978-0-06-087290-8
Author
Langan, Sarah
Statement
The Keeper / Sarah Langan.
Records
Open Library

Subjects

  • Maine in fiction
  • Prostitutes in fiction
  • Prostitutes
  • Suspense
  • Alienation (Social psychology)
  • Sisters
  • Dreams
  • Nightmares
  • Witches
  • Maine

Catalogue data checked 6 October 2026